Crib or bed



B. A. DOY.

CRIB 0R BED.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 13, 1919.

Patented Mai. 15, 1921'.

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UNITED sTATs'APATENT OFFICE.

Born A. DOTY, OF'BUFFALO, NEW YORK, AssierNon` To HARD MANUFACTURING oo.,

OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

CRIB R BED.

'Application led May 13, 1919.

VToaZZ whom-t may concern.'

Be it known that I, BOYD A. DOTY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Buffalo, in the county of Erieand State of New York, have invented a new and useful 1inprovement in Cribs or Beds, of which the following is a specification.

This Yinvention relates more particularly to improvements in childrens metal cribs or Vbeds ofthat kind which have vertically vsliding sides or side railingsadapted to be retained in an elevated position for coniining the child, and to be lowered to facili- Y tate placing the child in or removing it from the crib. 'In thesey cribs, which are com- Inonly inade'with metal end frames having tubular coi-ner posts, the sidesslide at their ends on uprightguide Vrods which vextend parallel with the-corner: posts and are supported bybrackets or parts attached to and extending laterally from the corner` posts Vor end frames.` The supporting or attaching brackets are separately fastened tothe end frames -or corner posts, usually by external or exposed fastening means or parts of the brackets surrounding the corner posts.

Such fastening means, especially in case of the upper brackets, are unsightly, or else if they are of an ornamental form which does not detract from the appearance of the crib, they add materially to its cost of production.

The object of this invention is to provide means of exceedingly simple and inexpensive construction for securing the guide rods to the crib frame, but which nevertheless are of neat appearance and do not necessitate external or exposed fastening means for the upper ends ofthe guide rods.

VIn the accompanying drawings:

Figure l is a side elevation of a childs metal crib or bed embodying the invention.

Fig. 2 is a broken sectional elevation on an enlarged scale of one of the corner posts and the guide rod attached thereto.

Figs. 3 and 4 are sectional. plan views thereof on lines 3-3 and 4 4 respectively, Fig. 2.

and B represent the corner posts of the upright end frames and C one of the sliding side frames or railings of a childs crib or bed. A metal crib is shown in the drawings, in which, as usual, the end frames are connected by a rigid rectangular bottom frame or bed spring 'D which is suitably secured 4 Specification of Letters Patent.

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and the guide rod when in viills and, closes the hole.

Patented Mar. 15, 1921. Serial No. 296,787.

to the end frames so as to rigidly connect the The crib frame can, however, be of any other usual or suitable construction. The sides or side railings preferably consist, as usual, of upper and lower horizontal rails (l connected by parallel vertical rods andare arranged to slide up and down on vertical guide rods E which are connected at their upper and lower ends to, and are spaced from the end frames or corner posts and pass through guide loops or eyes e at the corners of the side railings. Y

Each of the vertical guide rods E is attached to the adjacent corner posts of the crib frame as clearly shown in Figs. 2 4. The guide rod is provided at its upper end with a laterally or horizontally vextending or bent attaching arm or portion 10, the end .or extremity 1l of which is Vpreferably curved'or bent upwardly and .extends into they tubular corner post through a. hole 12 in the inner side thereof. The hole 12 is preferably just large enoughv to permit the end of the guide rod to be inserted therein y place practically The guide rod is secured on the corner post by inserting the curved attaching portion at the upper end of the guide rod into the hole 12 while the rod is in an inclined position, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 2. The rod is then swung down to a vertical position causing the curved extremity 11 thereof to turn upwardly into the tubular corner post. The guide rod is then secured in this position and prevented from detachment from the corner post by a fastening device at its lower end which prevents the rod from being swung out of the vertical position and thus prevents the disconnection of the upper end of the guide rod except by tiret releasing its lower end. The lower end of the guide rod is preferably connected to the corner post or end frame by a bracket 13 which is provided with a hole 14 into which the lower end of the guide rod is inserted. The bracket is secured to the corner post or end frame by a screw or fastening device 15 which passes through a hole in the downbent or depending inner end of the bracket and is screwed into a threaded hole in the cornei post or end frame.

The 'face of the depending inner end of the bracket is preferably curved to it the externa] surface of the corner post, and a single screw 15 therefore suiices to rigidly fasten the bracket and prevent it from turning "or swinging about the screw.

The shape or curvature of the upper attaching portion of the guide rod is preferably such that when it is in place in the hole 12 in the corner post the curved eX- tremity 11 thereof, which is located with-in the corner post, engages the upper edge of thehole 12 and the opposite side of the inner face of the corner post, as sho-wn in Fig. 2, thuspreventing either inward or outward movement of the upper end of the guide rod. The upper end of the guide rod is thus held rigidly unless its lower end is released. Nevertheless there are no exposed securing orfastening means for the upper end of the guide rod and no part or device other than the integral bent end of the guide rod itself is employed for securing the upper end ofv the guide rod to the end frame. Only one bracket and a single screw is required for rigidly fastening the guide rod to the corner post. This is, therefore, a very much simpler and much less expensiveconstruction than those heretofore employed in whichthe guide rod is 'secured at its ends in separate brackets separately. secured to the corner post or end frame. With such prior constructions, in addition to the separate upper bracket Vand the means for fastening the same to the ,corner post or end frame, means are also required for securing the upper and lower ends of thel guide rod inthe brackets.

l claim as my invention: 1. The combination with a cribframe tube portion at having a hole in one side and a sliding side member, Qi' a guide Yrod for YSaid Side member, Vsaid guide rod having a bentA attaching one end which extends through said hole and engages the interior of the tube to secure said end of the rod to the tube, said attaching portion terminating inside of said tube. andV securing means for the other end of. said rod.

2. The combination with having a hole in one Aside, and a sliding Vside member, of a rod-adapted its normal position tc'constitute va guide for said slidingV side member.V saidrod having 'a bent attaching portionV extending thro-ugh said hole and in its normal position terminatingr Within and bearing upon the interior of said Vtube and movable relatively to said tube-for permitting withdrawal of. the attaching portionof said rod fromKY the tube, and securing means for the other end of the rod for releasably retaining the rod in said' normal position.

3. T he combination with. a crib frame tube having a hole in one sideyof a'rodfextending a crib frame tubeV parallel with said tube and having a laterally and upwardly bent'attaching portion at one end'which extendsrthrough said hole and engagesthe interior of the tube to secure said end-of the rod tof the tubei said attaching portion terminating inside of said tube, and securing means for the other endrof the rod. Witness my hand this 9th day of' VMay,

Y n -BOYD A: DOTY'. Witnesses:V Y

JoHN E. KRUGER,V WILLIAM O; DORAN. e 

